By Nasser Mustapha
H1 - There is a significant negative relationship between the total score of religiosity and all subscales of delinquency H0
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| H1 - There is a significant negative relationship between the total score of religiosity and all subscales of delinquency H0 - There is no significant relationship between the total score of religiosity and all subscales of delinquency The second hypothesis also proves that there are negative correlations between the total religiosity score and all subscales of delinquency. The hypothesis is supported, thus there are inverse relationships between the variables. Therefore we reject the null hypothesis in favor of the alternative hypothesis. Hypothesis 3 H1 - Participants who score highly on the forgiveness scale will also score highly on the Salience scale enough to state that there is a statistically significant positive relationship. Ho - There is no significant relationship between the two variables In the t-test conducted, one can discern that there is a difference between the means. However, because of the fact that the significance level is less than .005, it is possible to conclude that there is no significant difference in the means of the two variables. As such the null hypothesis can be rejected, in favor of the alternative hypothesis, which asserts that there is a positive relationship between religiosity and forgiveness. Hypothesis 4 H1 - there is an inverse relationship between the measures of spirituality and the level of delinquency of the student. H0 - There is no relationship between the subscales of spirituality and the measure of delinquency When analysing the results of the regression we can see that only two of the constructs are significant in influencing delinquency, i.e. meaning and spirituality. Both measures of social support from god as well as inspiration and discernment are insignificant in the analysis. The model however yielded an r square of 14.2 which means that 14% of the variability in the dependent variable can be explained by the measures Nasser Mustapha 141 of spirituality with most of the variability contributed by the significant measures. An analysis of the beta coefficients show that they are negative, so as they increase, general delinquency decreases. As such, it is difficult to reject or accept the null hypothesis. The alternative hypothesis had to be modified first before the null hypothesis could be rejected. The alternative Hypothesis was therefore modified to H1 There is an inverse relationship between the Download 352.26 Kb. Share with your friends:
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